Occupational Therapist
Duration: Temporary, 6 months
Location: Leicestershire
Hours: Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours
Rate: £17-£23 via an umbrella company
Venn Group is currently recruiting for an Occupational Therapist on behalf of a reputable NHS Trust based in Leicestershire. This is an interim contract for 6 months offering £17-£23 via an umbrella company. For this position, you will be working full-time hours (Monday to Friday).
Outline duties below:
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Providing specialist assessment and treatment of patients who may have a complex and chronic presentation, and to determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated
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Assisting discharges from acute trusts back into their own homes or residential homes
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Managing a defining caseload using evidence-based/client-centred principles to access, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
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Working in an interdisciplinary team supporting patients who have recently had a mild to moderate stroke and who have been deemed safe and stable to leave hospital early and be supported by our service to receive their rehabilitation at home
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Maintaining contemporaneous and accurate records as required by the Partnership Trust and in line with professional standards (i.e. HCPC)
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Assessing patient's occupational therapy needs, plan, carry out and coordinate an individual treatment plan using sound clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice
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Coordinating patient's treatment plans as part of goal setting process
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Assessing and request a wide range of equipment needs making appropriate referrals or requests to a number of organisations within the region
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Transporting and fit equipment as necessary to client's home / work / leisure area
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Dealing sensitively with clients and carers / families coping with difficult diagnoses or with long term / degenerative conditions
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Undertaking and advising on clinical risk assessments and home visits
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To assess order and provide activities of daily living equipment for individual patients and to ensure safe use of equipment such as wheelchairs and manual handling devices
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To refer to and advise services responsible for long-term issue and maintenance of equipment as appropriate
To discuss this role in more detail and to secure this opportunity, please contact Leah Waldron or Ash Sahota on 0121 616 0660 or alternatively email asahota@venngroup.com
At Venn Group we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the volume of applications which we receive this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 48 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
*Venn Group’s “Recommendation Scheme”: If you recommend a candidate who is subsequently placed by Venn Group (for a minimum of 2 weeks) you will be eligible for £25 worth of vouchers from a choice of high street organisations.
